# Monopterus

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Not to be confused with [Monopteros](/source/Monopteros_(fish)), a fossil fish genus.

***Monopterus*** is a genus of [swamp eels](/source/Swamp_eel) native to Asia.[1] They live in various freshwater habitats and some have a [fossorial](/source/Fossorial) lifestyle.[2]

## Species

Four recognized species are placed in this genus:

- *[M. albus](/source/Monopterus_albus)* ([Zuiew](/source/Vasily_Fyodorovich_Zuyev), 1793) (Asian swamp eel)
- *M. bicolor* [H. D. Nguyễn](/source/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_H%E1%BB%AFu_D%E1%BB%B1c) & [V. H. Nguyễn](/source/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_H%E1%BA%A3o), 2005
- *M. dienbienensis* V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
- *M. javanensis* [Lacépède](/source/Bernard_Germain_%C3%89tienne_de_La_Ville-sur-Illon,_comte_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de), 1800

Six species from [South Asia](/source/South_Asia) (*M. cuchia*, *[M. desilvai](/source/Ophichthys_desilvai)*, *M. hodgarti*, *M. fossorius*, *M. ichthyophoides*, and *[M. indicus](/source/Ophichthys_indicus)*) have been reclassified to the genus *[Ophichthys](/source/Ophichthys)*.[3] Four [fossorial](/source/Fossorial) or [subterranean](/source/Cavefish) species (*M. digressus*, *[M. eapeni](/source/Bombay_swamp_eel)*, *[M. rongsaw](/source/Rakthamichthys_rongsaw)*, and *M. roseni*) from [India](/source/India) have been reclassified to the genus *[Rakthamichthys](/source/Rakthamichthys)*.[4] Two species from [Africa](/source/Africa) (*[M. boueti](/source/Typhlosynbranchus_boueti)* and *M. luticolus*) have been reclassified to the genus *[Typhlosynbranchus](/source/Typhlosynbranchus)*.[4]

## References

1. Britz, R., Doherty-Bone, T.M., Kouete, M.T., Sykes, D. & Gower, D.J. (2016): [*Monopterus luticolus*, a new species of swamp eel from Cameroon (Teleostei: Synbranchidae).](http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief27_4_04.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161224095547/http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief27_4_04.pdf) 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine *Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 309-323.*

1. ["Ophichthys desilvai, a poorly known synbranchid eel from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Synbranchidae)"](https://pfeil-verlag.de/publikationen/ophichthys-desilvai-a-poorly-known-synbranchid-eel-from-sri-lanka/) (in de-DE). *Pfeil Verlag*. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

1. ["Osteology of 'Monopterus' roseni with the description of Rakthamichthys, new genus, and comments on the generic assignment of the Amphipnous Group species (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes)"](https://pfeil-verlag.de/en/publications/osteology-of-monopterus-roseni-with-the-description-of-rakthamichthys-new-genus-and-comments-on-the-generic-assignment-of-the-amphipnous-group-species/). *Dr. Friedrich Pfeil Publishing*. Retrieved 2021-01-28.

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